Today, in Corsica, after a draw and a victory in the week, the Toulouse team has the opportunity to consolidate their first place in the standings. They would be wrong to deprive themselves of it, even if the getaway to Bastia, intractable in Furiani, is never a health walk …
Sweet irony. It is in Bastia, in the north of the island, that the Téfécé will seek to remain the leader at the expense of Ajaccio, facing south. The SCB and the ACA, the two island enemies.
Win at Sporting to lose Athletic: admit that our ball which is not oval has these capricious rebounds, all the same…
Sunshine, in the meantime, Philippe Montanier’s proteges were able to find some in the damp freshness of the island of Ramier on Wednesday (4-0). Signing their 11e success since the beginning of the season, the 4e especially since their hiccup at home at the very beginning of autumn (2-3 against Caen, J10 / September 27). It is also their first lifting, in L2, in 2022. “I said that between the reception of Pau (1-1, last Saturday) and this update in front of the red lantern Nancy, we needed ensure at least 4 points. We’re there.”
And the Norman trainer would see his merry troop improving the savings, later, in a Furiani which will only have 5,000 supporters. “It’s a stadium where the fans manage to galvanize their players.” Ph.M. knows what he is talking about, he who was in charge of the Bastia goalkeepers, under Robert Nouzaret who had taken him from Toulouse, season 2001-2002. “It was twenty years ago, remembers the person concerned. So a long time ago, but the memories are still vivid. I have a lot of affection for this club and the Corsicans are endearing people.”
“They push the opponent to the fault”
In the evening, the men of Régis Brouard, Ruthénois player then coach – definitely, the elective affinities – who succeeded Mathieu Chabert on October 3, should not stick too much to the coattails of the Violets. “We talk above all about their defense, rightly since Sporting is the only team to remain undefeated at home, points out the Toulouse coach; let’s also highlight the offensive animation. It weighs properly on the opponent; the Bastiais manage to cause a lot of mistakes in the opposite camp. By putting a lot of commitment in the good sense of the term. A suitable aggressiveness.”
The training made in Biterrois Chabert was already holding up (remember the victory of Tef, in the first leg, on the smallest of scores, in the furnace of the Stadium on August 14), Brouard added the the capital of confidence which was lacking in a workforce having had very little taste of Ligue 2. “The players for the most part were discovering this level, corroborates Montanier. They were authors of good performances at the start of the championship without being too rewarded (first success in the J10); they are a little more so now, after taking the measure of the competition and a little boost from the new tactician.”
Numbers and letters
Inducted into the October break, the former Monsieur Coupe with N1 Quevilly (distinguished finalist in 2012) has a more than reasonable balance sheet with 3 wins and 4 draws in 10 games. That is a ratio of 1.3pt/match. Not Peru of course, America on the other hand with a view to maintaining it, judged at 41 last season with a not-so-famous goal average (-15).
But enough calculations, instead of the field. Where the TFC has the opportunity to sit in the chair if you dare: Ajaccio will play on Monday, while the clash Auxerre – Paris FC has been handed over.
Boulevard des Crêtes is open… even paved with heads of Moors.
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